Improvement in trunks



JEN KIN 80 N.

Trunks.

Patented May 20,1873.

Inventor.

Witness Attorneys;

AM. PHDTO-LITHOGRAPHIL' co. MY (osnuRNE's M00583 UNITED STATES eEoEeE B.JENKINSON, oE NEWARK, NEW intense" IMPROVEMENT IN TRUNKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 139,158, dated May 20,1873; application filed March 14, 1873. a

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, GEORGE B. J ENKINSON, of Newark, in the county ofEssex and in the State of New Jersey, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Trunk; and do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad tothe accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon,making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in riveting a strip of heavy leatheraround the valance of a trunk, portmanteau, or valise, and also inbinding heavy leather on the ends, riveted and burred on the inside,aswill be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, whichrepresents a trunk with my improvements.

A represents the body of the trunk, and B the lid. a represents thevalance around the front and ends of the lid B. Ordinarily, thin piecesare secured on the inside, which are continually tearing off by frictioncaused by opening and shutting the trunk. I obviate this difficulty byriveting a strip, 0, of heavy leather, said strip being riveted alongits upper edge to the lid, and along the lower edge to V the valance, asshown. D D represent strips of heavy leather placed on the ends, overthe corners of both the body and lid of the trunk,

and riveted to the same and burred on the inside.

By this mode of binding the ends or corners a great saving of leather iseffected, itnot being necessary to use. such heavy leather all through,thereby avoiding weight and expense,

and giving a trunk just as durable as were it all of the heaviest ofleather.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- Thestrips 0 and D of heavy leather riveted and burred around the valanceand edges of leather trunks, as and for the purpose set WitnessesTHEODORE B. DUNHAM, J. S. SMALLEY.

PATENT GEEIGE

